Where does “folkete” come from?

folkete (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk folk, from Old Norse fólk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

folkete (Norwegian Nynorsk): crowded (with people)

Definitions

  1. crowded (with people)

Ancestry of “folkete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskfolkpeople
2Old Norsefólkpeople
3Proto-Germanicfulkąpeople; tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fulką →Every word from Old Norse fólk →